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" J. D'. BRUNTON 8: P. H. J. TRIER.

APPARATUS OR MEANS FOR TURNING OR SHAPING STONE.

' No. 252,728. Patented Jan. 24,1882.

j/Zfnenr er; five, 71/6 r V UNITED STATES I PATENT O FICE.-

JOHN D. BRUNION AND FRANK H. J. TRIER, or WESTMINSTER/COUNTY orMIDDLESEX, ENGLAND.

APPARATUSOR MEANS FOR TURNING OR SHAPING STONE;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,728, dated January24, 1852.

Application filed September 28, 1881.

paratus or means for turning or shaping stone;

and it consists in an improved combination of cutters arranged ashereinafter described for the purpose of performing the operations ofcutting grooves, forming internal angles or internal parts of moldings,and ot' roughing out.

In the accompanying drawing, which is a view in perspective, Arepresents the stone to be operated upon, which is mounted on suitablelathe-centers, B, one of such c'enters only being represented in thedrawing. Two circular cutters, O, are carried upon suitable spindles, D,so as to be free to turn thereon, I

and are arranged in such a manner as to revolve in planes inclined toone another,-and also forming an angle with the axis or with theoriginal surface of the stone. The spindles D are carried by a suitableholder, E, capable of being moved so as to hold the cutters up to thework in the usual manner, and a scraper, d, is provided between thecutters for the purpose of preventing the edges from becoming clogged.The stone A revolves in the direction of the arrow marked thereon in thedrawing, and the cutters O are thereby caused to revolve in the oppositedirection and split (No model.)

turning operations-such-as forming grooves or internal angles forstraight orcurved moldings; but this arrangement will form the subjectof another application for Letters Patent.

We claim as our invention- In machinery for turning stone, thecombination, with a rest or holder, of two circular cutters free torevolve by contact with the revolvin g stone, and arranged opposite toand at an angle to each other and to the surface of the stone,substantially as and for thepurpose hereinbet'ore described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN DICKINSON BRUNTON. FRANK HENRY JULIUS TRIER.

Both 0 47 Lincolns Inn Fields, London.

Witnesses to the signature of Frank Henry JnliusTrier,(commonly known asFrankTrier F. ENGLER'I, FRANZ MiiLLER,

Both of Mannheim.

